NigeH, We have an opportunity here to publicly discuss, probably the helicopter pilot's worse nightmare - Tail rotor failure. Excepting of course all those who fly tandem or contra rotating helicopters.
If you're happy let's start a separate thread on Tail rotor malfunctions and see what comes of it.
I suspect this has been discussed time and time again on Pprune but my search didn't throw much up
It would actually bring together some of the best and worst views and opinions, experiences and suggestions. People like Dennis et al could tell us what actually happens.......
Let me know what you think?